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Definition 2024

硬是

硬是

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
simp. and trad. (硬是)		硬	是

Adverb

硬是

actually (accomplishing something extremely difficult)
just; simply

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yìngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ngǐ-sǐ / ngī-sī / ngēe-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaang⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: ngaahng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːŋ²² siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: ngǐ-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋi²² ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-sī
  - Tâi-lô: ngī-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngixsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋi²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-sī
  - Tâi-lô: ngēe-sī
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/